Friday, March 30, 2012

Beauty Around The World: Greece.

One of my dreams, is visiting Greece. More specifically the islands, like Santorini. It is absolutely stunning! The crystal blue waters & the white sandy beaches. +The thing that makes it extra unique, the white washed houses & buildings with bright blue accents. I've even sat through the painfully corny Mama Mia & the Traveling Pants II movies JUST because they were shot in Greece. Haaa. Hope you guys likey!!

Sedona Lace 88 Matte Palette: I used the blues on the outer eye, top & bottom. The white color all over the lid. Then the white & the one underneath it as the highlight. The tanish colors tagged, are the transition colors. I added this Sparkle Glitter on the inner lash line with clear lash glue. I'm using random super full ebay lashes here & some fun eyeliner.

Wet N Wild Lipstick • DollHouse Pink: I don't really have a reason for why I used this in my Greece inspired theme. I just wanted to wear it! lol It reminds me of St Germain, but it's not even close. I'm comparing it to similar pinks I have in my next post, to show you. Btw This is a gift from a really awesome friend!! Shouts out to Tanya !! She was sweet enough to get this lippie for me since I couldn't find it!! I'm planning to get her some goodies for being so sweet to me.

Best Sence Small Blue Hexagon & Dot Glitter Nail Polish: I picked this nail polish because it was blue & sparkly! I'm wearing LA Colors nail polish in Intimate, which is just a really sheer nude with pink shimmer. The glitter tips took like 7-8 coats of nail polish. I used up a lot of it, just on this mani. The first coats, gives you only 4 or five glitter specs. Just like Wet N Wild's Party of Five. It's super frustrating to work with if you want decent glitter coverage on your nails. Also, the smell is not pleasant at all. It's really strong & it doesn't smell like regular nail polish, it smells like something way harsher. I don't see the ingredients anywhere on it nor on the site. =/ But these are from KKCenterHK & you can see additional description on this nail polish here. Despite the bogus glitters, I like how the blue glitter tips looked! It made me think of the shimmery clear waters in the pictures. Simple yet beautiful.

Thanks so much for checking it out & thanks
for all the great feedback you've been leaving. Love you girls!
xOxO

Friday, March 23, 2012

Family Heirloom ღ

Hiya! So a couple of nights ago, me & my chicaa Nessa were sharing ideas for room decor on Fb. Haa. She's planning on getting an antique-style vanity for her room! So I was searching for pictures of vanities & other oldy stuff. I kept coming across this turquoise color that was almost always paired with brass or an old gold color. It's so beautiful & wanted to do a look based off it. I named it "Family Heirloom" which my bf loved! lol

• Eyes
MAC Butterfly Party Pigments (Raindrop) • Urban Decay Naked Palette (1)
I vowed I would set this pigment aside for its own post & I delivered! This is Raindrop from the MAC Vera Collection. This color's like a green-turquoise color. It has a definite blue, kind of sheen to it but is clearly more on the green side. Hooray for getting over my green shadow phobia lol! I also love how shimmery the color is. It has a hint of gold undertones, which looks just awesome in the sunlight. I used the Naked palette to lighten, darken, & blend out the look. I used the lightest, matte color in the WnW Greed palette [not pictured] as highlight under the brows.

• Lips
MAC Enchantee Lipcolor
For light pink lips I used this cool pink color. It's really smooth without being goopy or super shiny like a lipgloss.

• Cheeks
Charlotte Ronson 3x a charm
I rarely contour, wear blush, or highlight anymore, much less all at once. But recently, my friend Lori gave me this wonderful little number. [Thank you, Lori!] It comes with a very sheer luminizer, a pretty coral-pink blush, & a bronzer. All three are shimmery, the luminizer more than the other two. They're all powders & because they look so pretty, I've found countouring & blush really easy to incorporate into my daily routine again lol.


• Nails : Antiqued Gold
L.A. Colors Sea Siren • Sally Hansen Antiqued Gold Crackle
I'll be honest! This mani only lasted on my nails long enough to snap pictures lol. I hate this gold crackle nail polish but it's the only gold polish I have & wanted to do something related to the theme. The color underneath is awesome though! I used it by itself in this post.

 A big thank you for reading! I appreciate your love, always.
Have an great weekend, everyone! xOxO

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Purple+Pink Indulgence ღ

Holaa! Recently the lovely Kyomi said she was interested in seeing what my girls' night out makeup would look like. So I gave it a go! Now for those of you who know me well, didn't know this look even existed for me. lol Reason being, I pretty much stopped having girlfriends & stopped "going out" a loooong time ago. Eeeek. That sounds mad depressing so enough of my loner ramblings! lol I made this look pretending I still had girlfrandzsz & still went out lol. My favorite eye makeup color is purple so I went with it as my main color. And no imaginary girls' night out is complete without a pretty pink lip.

Mabelline Color Tattoo Painted Purple • MAC Pink Union [m/e/s] • Wet N Wild Green Palette
In this purple look, I used Pink Union from my last post [Chen Man Haul]. Btw the color tattoos are amazing. I've seen a gazillion posts on them already so I didn't do one but yes, I too love them. I found that the purple one was the hardest to get color from. I don't know if that's how it is for all of them or maybe I got a "bad batch" of purple? lol But I love the others. My favorite is the Emerald one. I was dying to get the Teal one but haven't been able to find it. It looks like the prettiest one to me from the whole bunch. They serve as a great base for eyeshadows. They're advertised as being able to be worn alone, as a shadow. But I haven't tried them alone. Anyway though, I'm also wearing some fun falsies. They're random ones from ebay. For some extra oomph (sorry I just watched Happy Feet) I think it'd be nice to add some dark purple or even some black on the outer bottom lash line & smudge it out. Just so that it looks a bit more smokey & more fun-night-out-appropriate. Haa.

MAC Petite Indulgence [c/s glass] • Wet N Wild Mauve Outta Here [907C]
The first picture above is with the lipstick alone & the second is with the Petite Indulgence glass over it. This Wet N Wild lipstick is one that I've recently picked up. It's a gorgeous mauvy-pink & the creemsheen glass is a gift from my lovely friend Lori. It's such a gorgeous gloss. I love the consistency, how smooth it feels on the lips & the color is almost identical to the WnW lipstick. I also love how beautiful it looks on.. aside from the color, the texture is just phenomenal. It's totally my favorite lip combination for the moment!


Nails: Pearly Bows
Pinkly Fresh [Cream]
Meh? Lol The pearls are supposed to be in the shape of bows. This is a pretty babydoll pink cream nail polish. All I could think of when looking at it was, pearls, bows, & tea sets? lol I went rummaging through my nail art stuff & I found these cute little pearls. Looking at it now, I feel like I should've used a different color or maybe a rhinestone as the knot in the middle but I think it still looks cute. Simple, but pretty. I follow tons of girls who do some really great nail art, so when I do notd's just know that I keep you ladies in mind. lol <3 I've been studying & I'm trying to make you proud! lol


Thank ya'll so much for stopping by!
I appreciate your loving. Tomorrow is my "Catch Up Saturday"! Yayyy.
Have a great weekend! xOxO

Friday, March 16, 2012

MAC Chen Man Collection Haul.

I was so pleasantly surprised by this collection. I wasn't sure who she was when I first heard of the collection, so I didn't know what to expect! Color stories don't really get me weak in the knees too much like they do for some girls. Haa! I'm more of a visual person.. so when the pictures came out. I loved everything! I'm not huge on coraly pinks but I wanted Force of Love soooo badly! + it's matte! I was really impressed with the eyeshadows. I have an upcoming look with Pink Union & I love how shimmery & pigmented they are. They're just beautiful. [Click any image to enlarge!] Enjoy !

Pink Union [Mineralize Eye Shadow]
Love Cycle [Mineralize Eye Shadow]
Pinkly Fresh [Cream]
Budding Love [Lustre]
Force of Love [Matte]
Swatched on Lips: Budding Love [Lustre] • Force of Love [Matte]
[Swatched once & then multiple times to build up color]
My favorite thing from this collection was Force of Love lipstick. I would've never guessed I'd love this color so much. Which makes me second guess my decision on not getting the Nicki Viva Glam l/s because it was too "coraly-pink" lol. Idk, we'll see. I keep going back & forth with it lol. I was just hoping for a more blue based pink. Anywhooo! Hope ya'll enjoyed the swatches. I'll be posting a look I did with Pink Union tomorrow night. Thanks again always, for stopping by. c:
xOxO

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